New school at Wellpinit. - A bill appropriating $75,000 was signed by President Roosevelt May 9 to build a new school for Wellpinit school district No. 49 in Stevens county. This building is for the Indian children of the Spokane reservation.

Indians modernize their transportation but stick to primitive cradle of their forefathers. - The old and the new are contrasted here. While the white mans' automobile has been adopted by the Indians, he still maintains certain old customs, such as...

Indian Grange makes good showing. - Wellpinit Grange, the membership of which is 95 per cent Spokane Indians, made a creditable showing at the recent Indian fair and Four-H exhibit at the agency town. At the left is President Albert Garry of the...

Spokane Indian reservation has modern school. - Among the up-to-date buildings at Wellpinit, agency headquarters of the Spokane Indian reservation, is this combined upper grade and high school where nearly 100 young Indians are taught the three Rs...

Saw Governor Stevens here years ago. - Among the last of the full-blooded Spokane Indians is Spokane Phillips, who admits the snows of 79 winters have passed over his head. He was photographed at the Mitch Michael camp near Minnehaha park when a...

Indian basket work draws interest of arts manager. - So interesting were specimens of Spokane Indian basket work shown to L. C. West (center) by women of the Spokane tribe at Wellpinit, that Mr. West has promised to visit their reservation this...

Indians prepare for woods work. - Many applications for work are being received at the Colville agency office and its outlying stations at Omak, Inchelium and Wellpinit in anticipation of the establishment of reforestation camps it has been assured...

Late and little is help given Indians. - The $15 allowance to come to each Indian on the diminished Colville reservation, while it will be a help to many who are reported to be near starvation, is by no means a generous portion.

Benefit to help Indian maidens stay in school. - An emergency educational loan fund must be raised at once to permit several Indian girls to complete their studies in Spokane business colleges, Mary Lloyd, spokesman for the Colvilles, said today.

Indians groom stock for fair. - Indian farmers and the 13 Indian boys and girls' 4-H clubs on the Colville Indian reservation are preparing for the two Indians' agricultural fairs, and for the Okanogan farm county fair.